SOLUTION: The computer virus attacks a folder consisting of 28 files. The virus corrupts the files independently of each other. Each file is corrupted with a probability of 0.034. What is th

Question 1204801: The computer virus attacks a folder consisting of 28 files. The virus corrupts the files independently of each other. Each file is corrupted with a probability of 0.034. What is the probability that the virus will corrupt 4 files?
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The computer virus attacks a folder consisting of 28 files. The virus corrupts
the files independently of each other. Each file is corrupted with a probability of 0.034.
What is the probability that the virus will corrupt 4 files?
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It is a binomial type experiment.

The number of trials is n= 28.
The number of success trials is k= 4.
The probability of success in each individual trial is p= 0.034.


Use the standard binomial formula for the probability

    P =  =  =

      =  = 0.01193  (rounded).   ANSWER

Solved.

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